Baoding-based Yingli Green Energy Holding Company, a vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturer, has signed a sales agreement with Payom Solar AG, a leading PV rooftop system specialist based in Germany, to supply 51 MW of PV modules to Payom in 2010.

The State Administration for Industry and Commerce reports that in the first quarter of 2009 a total of 584 business bribery cases were uncovered, which was a decrease of 1.18% over the same period last year.

Shanghai based industrial gas provider Praxair China has signed a contract with Hebei Baiqi Pharmaceutical Company to supply nitrogen for its pharmaceutical production requirements.

Henan based meat processor Zhongpin has entered into an agreement with Chenguang Meat Products Factory to lease a pork production facility in Shenzhou city starting from early December 2008.

According to Chen Weiliang, president of Foxconn International, Foxconn will move its factories from Shenzhen to northern Chinese provinces such as Hebei and Shanxi where the average salary is more than 60% lower than that of Shenzhen, to save costs.